the BEST books I read in 2024

[@boop3649]

I love how she says "sorry this video is so long" as if I wouldn't want to listen to her for hours

[@terrycore_]

I was waiting for this video for weeks haha! I’ve taken inspiration from you and Emma and have started The Count of Monte Cristo and even though I’m still terrified of its size, I’m loving it so far!! Love your content, Carolyn!🫶🏻

[@shelovestoread02]

Carolyn, I have been watching your videos for more than two years at this point and you are one of my favourite KZbinrs. I love how passionate you are about literature and art and your videos always feel like listening to a friend. Thank you for creating this warm corner on the internet and I am so excited to see the videos you have in store for 2025.

[@finding.pure.fearless]

East of Eden, I just got done reading. Let me TELL you... my new favorite book. I just read "The Count of Monte Cristo" with you and Emma last year and had decided that it was my favorite book of all time, UNTIL I read "East of Eden". Now, I say that book probably beats the Count as my favorite. My world around me is just different now that I have read this wonderful book. I can't WAIT to hear how you and Emma feel about it when you two read it!!!

[@corinnecox6855]

Ooh, I just got East of Eden. Been meaning to read it for ages. Very excited to read it!

[@GraceAn3]

East of Eden is an amazing, powerful book.

[@Katelynjoyortiz]

It always brings me so much joy when you post! Thank you for doing what you do Carolyn 💗 You're such a lovely inspiration!! In a world of a lot of darkness this channel is pure goodness!

[@carolrodenbeck2381]

I recently purchased "The Count of Monte Cristo" but have to admit that its size is intimidating. Based on your video I just ordered "Beartown" and "The Bear and the Nightingale". Love your videos!

[@vickymaldonado7761]

Please don't apologize for making long videos! I truly love them, Your voice is so soothing and many of the books I love now I've read because of your recommendations

[@JehnReads]

Never ever apologize for long videos we love it!!!

[@lenasland0706]

here's my favorite book list for 2024 (in no particular order or genres) Frankenstein - Mary Shelley (everbody say thank you Mary for dreaming about this when you were in Switzerland) The Fifth Season - N.K. Jemisin (this is what I want to read when I read Fantasy, I did not expect anything that happened in this book and it was all amazing, 10/10) The End of Everything - Katie Mack (non-fiction about different ways the universe could end, bleak, but humorous, had an existential crisis after finishing)= Demon Copperhead - Barbara Kingsolver (just yes) Babel - R.F.Kuang (I will never think about translating as a practice the same after this, I obsessively compare translations now, this was a stunner) I love hearing about people's favourite books of the year, and never know where to discuss mine, so here I am :)

[@maryfeeney5240]

2024 wasn’t the best reading year for me, but my favourites were: Frankenstein by Mary Shelley In Memoriam by Alice Winn Molokai’i by Alan Brennert Dracula by abram Stoker. Honourable mention to Five Decembers by James Kestrel ( don’t be put off by the cover - It’s a really good book.)

[@lisejay]

After watching this I went into town and when I went into a charity shop I found The Bear and The Nightingale for 75p and it's like it's never been read. Hopefully I will get round to reading it soon. 😀

[@BooksAndJams]

The Winners definitely made my list for 2024 as well. And I love all the love for middle grade. I haven't read any of Kate DiCamillo's newest, but have Ferris on my shelves. Really hope to read it during Middle Grade March. Great list of books!

[@AnahitasBookshelf]

Fredrik Backman is one of my favorite authors. The first book I read by him was "A Man Called Ove" back in 2020. I’ve read a few of his other books, but I still think that one is his best. When I moved to Sweden in 2022 and started learning Swedish, one of my goals was to eventually read "En man som heter Ove" in the original language. I actually gave it a shot, but I ended up giving up on the idea. Aside from his writing style and the way his stories touch my heart, I think the fact that his wife is Iranian makes him even more interesting to me. I found that out while trying to figure out why Ove’s neighbor in the book is an Iranian woman. Now I’m planning the books I want to read in 2026 (I already have my reading list for this year), and the Beartown series is definitely on it. I’m glad you love Backman as much as I do! Speaking of books, I started my first Sally Rooney novel about a week ago. One of my oldest friends gave it to me as a birthday gift (thank you, Nazanin!). It was a little slow at first, but now it’s starting to grow on me. I’m excited to continue reading her novels.

[@stephaniekingman9349]

Such an amazing job of recap of your favorite books. I love your enthusiasm over each one. I taught 5th grade for 31 years, books were huge in our classroom. Thee one book my kids loved so much was The Teachers Funeral by Richard Peck. Its funny, tells of a time when cars were just starting, I believe it takes place in Ohio. Children's lit. is the best..

[@TonyChiba]

Great video! My favorite book of last year was Lonesome Dove with The Stand as a close runner up. Now I'm reading War and Peace and have a feeling it will become an all time favorite.

[@jamesduggan7200]

IMHO those are books read by a person who genuinely enjoys reading! good for you!!

[@JJpersonalvlogs]

War and Peace is my favorite book of all time, I can’t wait to read Lonesome dove and The Stand!

[@anastasiya4267]

I've discovered Archibald Cronin this year. Never heard about him before. And now he is one of my favorite authors. I've read 3 of his books, and 2 of them became year favorites. "The stars look down" and "Hatter's castle"

[@ingaurban404]

Thank you for this lovely video. Today your bookmarks arrived. They are so exquisite! I loved that you even wrote a personal note to me! Just lovely❤

[@ReligionOfSacrifice]

2023 was the greatest reading year of my life (40% of my top 100 favorite books all in one year) and 2022 came in second. For 2024, I was not thinking about reading too much, nor thinking I could surpass either of those two years. Favorite books of 2024 1) "The Friend of the Family" by Fyodor Dostoevsky 2) "The Pentateuch as Narrative" by John H. Sailhamer 3) "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban" by J.K. Rowling 4) "A Tale of Two Cities" by Charles Dickens 5) "If on a Winter’s Night a Traveler" by Italo Calvino I have made a promise to myself to read one Charles Dickens book per year. I read my first Harry Potter book (my favorite of the movies) and it was good. The religious book influenced many great thinkers and much of the thoughts of this book had already gotten to me by having influenced others. As I read it I was dumbfounded in regards to how much of it had already gotten to me already by others. Highly influencial book. You and Emmie got me to read the bottom on my list. All the rest of the books I read this year were about prayer.

[@Sarah.reads.sometimes]

I read Beartown at the end of last year & loved it. His writing is impeccable.

[@michelleizoco]

Thank you SO much for reminding me about 84 Charing Cross Road - I'm putting that high up on my TBR because it sounds so wonderful. I also need to find space in my TBR for Bear and the Nightingale - I heard so many amazing things. I bought Intermezzo but have been on the fence about prioritizing it - but you've convinced me to make sure to read it soon. Thank you! A great list and please don't apologize - we were all eagerly awaiting this video.

[@talkingcrow]

84 Charing Cross Road is so good. The movie is too. ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@michelleizoco]

@@talkingcrow I literally listened to it as an audiobook yesterday and I woke up this morning thinking about it. SO. SO. GOOD.

[@talkingcrow]

@@michelleizocoI’ve seen the movie so many times and I would start crying in the opening credits. :) Probably time to watch again.

[@michelleizoco]

@@talkingcrow I didn't even know it was a movie until you said it - so now I have to find it!

[@tahirisaid2693]

One of the most brillian investing advice i have ever gotten on youtube came from watching an interview with Julianne Iwersen Niemann. Indeed, A solid investment strategy is like a well-planted tree-it can withstand storms and still grow strong!||

[@florianmadison]

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[@georgestone0123]

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[@PajinakStanovska]

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[@georgestone0123]

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[@PajinakStanovska]

I appreciate this. After curiously searching her name online and reviewing her credentials, I'm quite impressed. I've contacted her as I could use all the help I can get

[@96iceshell]

I have such good memories of reading Brambly Hedge with my mum when I was a child, I'm so glad to hear you talk about it 😊

[@giginoelani5880]

Awesome video, I need to read these!!! My top 5 books of 2024: 5. Demian by Hermann Hesse 4. Kindred by Octavia Butler 3. My Dark Vanessa by Kate Elizabeth Russell 2. The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin 1. The Secret History by Donna Tartt

[@capturedbyannamarie]

Kristin Lavransdatter was my favorite book from last year, and it’s now a new favorite book of all time.

[@janeturner9064]

Loved a lot of these - I have to buy the Brambly Hedge book! Have just bought A History of Childhood Reading by Sam Leith & am looking forward to reading it. I totally agree about Orbital: I read it before the announcement and was so glad when it won. Happy reading 📚 in 2025!

[@denisefreitas6727]

Carolyn, Little Women was also a wonderful reread for me! My favorite books of 2024 were: One hundred years of solitude (Gabriel García Márquez), The House of Mirth (Edith Wharton), The Silent Woman (Janet Malcolm) and Fathers and Sons (Turgenev).

[@maliha3921]

My fav books of 2024 : Project Hail Mary The night circus Anna karenina Britt marie was here White nights Wonder And the mountains echoed The great gatsby . I had a great reading year . This year i want to read count of monte cristo it’s been on my tbr for more than a year 😅

[@FancieRay]

I read 24 books in 2024. My favorites were: Emma by Jane Austen The Case for Christ by Lee Strobel The Count of Monte Cristo by Dumas (Reread) Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen Northanger Abby by Jane Austen The ABC Murders by Agatha Christie

[@novelideea]

2024 fiction favorites were Kristin Lavransdatter by Sigurd Undset (I wasn’t sure after bk 1, but by book 3 I didn’t want it to end); Augustus by John Williams; and Children of My Heart by Gabrielle Roy

[@Shysnapping]

Kristin Lavransdattar was amazing. Perfect winter read for anyone who hasn’t read it yet. Have you tried Undset’s Olav Audonsson trilogy?

[@novelideea]

@ if you’re asking me, no I haven’t. KL was my introduction to Undset. I am keeping my eyes open for more by her though.

[@Shysnapping]

@@novelideea Olav Audonsson would be worth checking. Another trilogy by Undset set in a time and place similar to KL. I haven’t read it but intend to when life allows. I have read ‘Jenny’ by Undset which is good but not nearly so much as KL.

[@pallavikrishnan8660]

I'm so happy... I'm really excited to read Howl's moving castle from the beautiful, new HarperCollins edition ❤

[@jamesduggan7200]

Am so very glad you had a great reading year! And ofc am also hoping you have an equally great reading year in 2025.

[@coco_blade]

You should read Olga Tokarczuk's books - the winner of Nobel prize.I noticed U never mentioned them. These are valuable books 📒📚📖

[@daribadum]

i love love LOVE your videos! ❤️❤️❤️

[@monicamoskovics8686]

Some of my favorite sibling books are actually middle grade series: The Vanderbeekers and The Penderwicks. Klassen's "This is Not my Hat" is a household favorite! Howl's Moving Castle is delightful!

[@gmgmwanyhn]

I'm curious to know what your notes are like, since I 've noticed that from your previous videos. or would you like to make a video about how to make notes? would be really interested to hear you to share about your experience on making notes on books.

[@Ruthie97]

Brambly Hedge episodes on KZbin are SO adorable as well!

[@kevin-1w]

My favourite book of the year was such a surprise because I didn't like the film but... the audiobook of I'm Thinking of Ending Things is phenomenal, just one of the scariest books I've ever read, it does unique things with audio format, can't recommend this version enough. And another audiobook that I loved was Yellowface, I could not put it down. If you like non-fiction, Priestdaddy by Patricia Lockwood is honestly some of the best writing anywhere. And special mention to two eco-themed fiction books: The Overstory and Gathering Evidence, highly recommend :)

[@CemetryGates89]

I almost feel like Jon Klassen is for adults more than children. The children would just like the pictures. His hat trilogy is brilliant but, again, quite dark at times. I love his books

[@Hungarycloud]

I love Klassen’s hat trilogy, I recently bought them for my nephew

[@michellemitchell5112]

Carolyn have you read The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey(I believe there is a storm with her name right now). This book was fabulous and she has a new book coming out 2/4 (which I have pre-ordered) and as usual the UK book cover is 😍, so if you love my recommendation you’ll need to buy the new book with the UK cover, happy reading. And no book video is ever too long hahah

[@luludi3]

@michellemitchell5112 I love, love love The Snow Child. I reread it every January and often give it as Christmas gifts for loved ones.

[@sangitakumbhojkar743]

The books I was most invested in . I will look into these recommendations 😊 Thanks Carolyn.

[@AllyEmReads]

The Count of Monte Cristo burrowed into my soul and is never leaving, that is how much I loved it! Not just a 2024 favorite but an ALL TIME favorite. Some other 2024 favs were I Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline Harpman, Letters From a Stoic by Seneca, and Evocation by S.T. Gibson. But honestly, I don't know if anything will ever top my feelings for the Count...it was just too good!

[@cheyzah]

been waiting for this one! also, just started hamnet yesterday :’) i’m having fun.😊

[@mdimp1468]

What a great video and set of recommendations.

[@ewelinahernon6556]

My top 3 were: 1. War & Peace 2. Middlemarch 3. The Count of Monte Cristo

[@sammyjanerambles2312]

My favourite book of 2024 (which also includes incredible depictions of a sibling relationship) was 'Great Circle' by Maggie Shipstead. Do not read the back! The synopsis contains spoilers, just trust me that it is an incredible exploration or character, love, war, adventure, history. I'd love to hear your opinion if you read it! Your videos always put me in a positive mood x

[@gdaym8y]

what's the sibling depiction like?

[@sammyjanerambles2312]

@gdaym8y without any spoilers: main character, Marian, has a twin brother. They have extremely different personalities, both are very unique, and their relationship is so refreshingly portrayed. It is devoid of cliché, realistic, and heart warming without the use of emotional soliloquies.

[@thaliafernandez1378]

All the lovers in the night, grapes of wrath and the count of Monte Cristo were my favorites 🤍🥰

[@jamesduggan7200]

Finally I finished Grapes of Wrath and just cannot believe the ending! I wish I could say more here but we're [edit: reading] East of Eden this year in one of the clubs and I'm sure a lot of people will decide to read Grapes too. So weird for me that it's historical now because it wasn't when it was first recommended to me in the late 70s. My girlfriend loved the description of the lone turtle walking in front of Tom Joad.

[@Hannah-e4o7j]

Hi Carolyn, thank you for a lovely video. I'm so glad you loved Brambly Hedge! I grew up reading the stories and I still have all my books, I adore them. I even have a framed print of one of the illustrations that was always on my childhood bedroom wall. The stories, the illustrations, they are so beautiful! My favourite is The Secret Staircase closely followed by all the others.🥰 I want to live there too! My best books of 2024 were: Drift by Caryl Lewis. This books was perhaps the most unusual I read, it has magical realism, it's a bit of a thriller, it's about love, it's beautifully written, and each chapter title is in three languages, which is connected to the story. Caryl Lewis is Welsh and this is her first book written in English. Cobweb by Michael Morpurgo. Cobweb is a Corgi, Corgi's are my favourite dog, but it's a lovey story. The Book of Speculation by Erika Swyler. This book unnerved me and I almost didn't finish it, but I'm so glad I did. At the end I didn't want to live the characters behind. When I Come Home Again by Caroline Scott. This was my book of the year. It's set in the aftermath of the First World War and it based on a true story. It's about picking up the pieces, trauma, love, it broke my heart, I still think about it and it still breaks my heart, but it beautiful. Highly recommend all four books! 😄

[@CamsCampbellReads]

Okay, I can can see I'm going to have to get a copy of the Bear and the Nightingale. It sounds right up my street! One of my favourite books of 2024 that I think you would enjoy is a non-fiction title called Natasha's Dance, by Orlando Figes. The title comes from Natasha Rostova's dancing scene in the peasant hut in War and Peace and it's all about the history of Russian art and culture from 1700 through to the mid 1960s. Since I know you enjoy Russian literature, I'm sure you'll enjoy this book too.

[@marrralynn]

I just read the puppets of spelhorst based on your recommendation and I just loved it! Surprisingly moving! I’m so glad I found your channel. Have you read Cottage in the Woods by Katherine Coville? I think you’d adore it. It’s middle grade/YA and the story is Goldilocks and the three bears meets Jane Eyre. One of my top favorite books ever. And if you want more middle grade recommendations, I can’t give enough praise to Greenglass House by Kate Milford.

[@insearchofwonder]

Count of Monte Cristo is on my list for this year - I'm looking forward to it, but also a little intimidated, I'm not gonna lie. And I will also be re-reading Sense and Sensibility coming up here. Not my favorite Austen, but Austen is the best anyway, so it's still amazing. 😆😆

[@bogglegirl8]

Carolyn!! How long on average do you read each day? I know we read at different speeds, just curious!!!! I want to get through as many amazing books as you do!

[@AnSe902]

I would like to recommend the movie adaptation of "84, Charing Cross Road" starring Anne Bancroft und Anthony Hopkins. It's just as charming as the book.

[@EP-hm5ue]

Agree with 84 Charing Cross Road. It was amazing! So, is the sequel, The Duchess of Bloomsbury Street,where Hanff finally goes to her beloved London to visit.

[@tine272]

im loving your nails carolyn 🥺

[@soledad2768]

The video is amazing! For me it's very hard to pick the best books of 2024 because I read so many interesting texts... there are some of them which are very dear to me: 1. “Prince Serebrenni” («Князь Серебряный») by Aleksey Tolstoy. The story about the time of Ivan the Terrible 2. “A Farewell to Arms” by Ernest Hemingway 3. “Quentin Durward” by Walter Scott 4. “The Stranger” (“L'Étranger”) by Albert Camus 5. “Virgin Soil” («Новь») by Ivan Turgenev 6. “A Gentle Creature” («Кроткая») by Fyodor Dostoevsky

[@magda_mf]

If my heart was a bookshelf The Count of Monte Christo would definitely be on it! 💖

[@raphaelh.9911]

Thanks so much for your fav books of 2024. There are always some great picks that end up on my TBR. This year I read 3 books that you recommended that became fav of mine, too. 3 novels originally published in German (my native language) - Die Hauptstadt by Robert Menasse - In Zeiten des abnehmenden Lichts by Eugen Ruge - Schachnovelle by Stefan Zweig 3 fav classics: - Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoi - Great expectations by Charles Dickens - Cousin Pons by Honore de Balzac 3 fav literary fiction: - Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin (audio) - Intermezzo by Sally Rooney - Small things like these by Claire Keegan 10 Honorable mentions: - Im Wasser sind wir schwerelos by Tomasz Jedrowski - Wolkenkuckucksland by Anthony Doerr - If Beale Street could talk by James Baldwin - Dracula by Bram Stoker - Das Geisterhaus by Isabel Allende - A Man called Ove by Fredrik Backman - Normal people by Sally Rooney - Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell - Das Ende von Eddy by Edouard Louis - Prophet's Song by Paul Lynch (audio)

[@gdaym8y]

Hamnet and Dracula are two of my favorite books too!! So good.

[@CarolineLeSage-k7s]

The Bear and the Nightingale is part of a trilogy I think 🤔

[@josryder7841]

Great synopsis of your readings in 2024. The Count of Monte Cristo was my top read…by far it has set the bar high! I have Normal People on my coffee table and wasn’t planning to pick up as soon….I think I will now!

[@HainishMentat]

So, I don't get to read a fraction of the books I want to each year, but here are my big standouts for 2024: Best Re-Read #1: _Crime & Punishment,_ by Fyodor Dostoevsky (I got so much more out of it this time!) Best Re-Read #2: _The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde,_ by R. L. Stevenson (ditto) Best Sci-fi #1: _The Urth of the New Sun,_ by Gene Wolfe (please please don't stop at the 4th book of this series; you need to read this 5th and final book) Best Sci-fi #2: _The Chrysalids,_ by John Wyndham (a hidden gem that's about the people and relationships, like the best sci-fi always is) Best Sci-fi #3: _Dawn,_ by Octavia Butler (disturbing, but unforgettable) Best Sci-fi #4: _A Canticle for Leibowitz,_ by Walter Miller (existentially deep while still being very enjoyable to read and even humorous at times) Best Literary Fiction: _A Pale View of Hills,_ by Kazuo Ishiguro (he may be in my top 5 authors of all time at this point... what an excellent book with such a poignant ending) Best Classic: _100 Years of Solitude,_ by Gabriel Garcia Marquez (talk about unforgettable...) Best Non-Fiction #1: _Finite and Infinite Goods,_ by Robert Adams (a very deep and expansive treatment of theistic moral philosophy) Best Non-Fiction #2: _The Language Animal,_ by Charles Taylor (an exploration of what the capacity of speech means and how it affects every aspect of our lives) Best Non-Fiction #3: I'll just do a catch-all here for some theology/philosophy classics I finally got to: The _Proslogion,_ by Anselm; the _Demonstration of the Being and Attributes of God,_ by Samuel Clarke; and the _Leibniz-Clarke Correspondence_ (this collection of letters back and forth was really a gem) And I just have to mention one that I technically finished this month, but that may be one of my favorite books I have ever read. I'm not sure if it counts as sci-fi or "literary fiction" or what, but it's _Cloud Atlas,_ and it is a masterpiece!

[@eli_libreli]

Mrs Dalloway by Virginia Woolf, Romantic Outlaws: The Extraordinary Lives of Mary Wollstonecraft and Mary Shelley by Charlotte Gordon, The five by Hallie Rubenhold😃💞

[@carolineharnish5633]

There is a very interesting state park in West Virginia, named "Beartown"! It is remarkable, & worth visiting....

[@jmsl_910]

you convinced me to try intermezzo. maybe i'm not her target audience... i'll give it try! you gave me pause about count of monty cristo....

[@nishasingh684]

Some of my favourites were: Tao Te Ching (Translated by John Minford), Lost Pianos of Siberia, The Book of Tea, Supercontinent and I guess more but do not remember. :P Now I really want to read Bear and the Nightangle.

[@lisasstitchingandsuch]

When I think of the books I read in 2024 there are three series I read that come to mind and I think it's because I invested in reading multiple books about the same characters so they stayed with me more than stand alones. The first is the Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman, I read the first four that are out so far but I think a fifth is being published in 2025. It follows a quartet of retirees at a retirement village who go from solving cold cases in their Thursday meetings to getting involved solving a very real murder that happens in their village. Very witty and warm. Another series is the Cazalet chronicles by Elizabeth Jane Howard which follows the extended Cazalet middle-class family in England from pre WW2 in the 30s to post WW2 in the 50s. An era where girls were schooled at home by governesses, and live in maids and cooks were the norm, while men went to boarding schools, then into the family firm, had their private clubs and affairs. It was very much a social historical fiction where the war was in the background while the changing society norms was being showcased with this family. And finally I read the ACOTAR series by Sarah J Mass last year - so much fun and is exactly what I needed at the time.

[@spexi513]

You’ll be happy to know I’ve read no Rooney but Intermezzo is on my TBR near the top . My favorites off top of my head : Orbital * Rejection * Stone Yard Devotional * Grief is the thing w feathers * James * Prophet Song * In The Dream House Of Cattle and men I Who Have Never Known Men Brotherless Night The Safekeep Blahdiggityblah…… I got way into the booker this year if it’s not obvious 😬

[@sergorze6453]

Thanks for the video! My favourite reads in 2024: 1. The Inverted World - Christopher Priest 2. The Gone World - Tom Sweterlitsch 3. Piranesi - Susanna Clarke 4. The Death of Grass - John Christopher 5. The Hour of the Bull - Ivan Efremov 6. The Left Hand of Darkness - Ursula K. Le Guin 7. Valis - Philip K. Dick 8. Maus - Art Spiegelman 9. Planet of the Apes - Pierre Boulle And shorter ones: 1. Anxiety Is the Dizziness of Freedom - Ted Chiang 2. The Broken Wings - Kahlil Gibran (thanks for recommendation!) 3. Unsound Variations - George R. R. Martin 4. In the Ravine - Anton Chekhov 5. A Song for Lya - George R. R. Martin 6. The Croquet Player - H. G. Wells 7. A Dreary Story - Anton Chekhov

[@MartinDSmith]

If my heart were a bookshelf it would be very large indeed!🙃

[@rekaemanchester8871]

My best books of 2024 definitely have to be Misery by Stephen King and the teacher by freida mcfadden But my all time favorite has to go to the count of monte cristo ❤❤❤

[@manuelespinosa724]

A long video but you pull it off very well!

[@mattkean1128]

My two top were probably Look at Me by Anita Brookner and A Stranger in Olondria by Sofia Samatar.

[@Makai-mq2uv]

Have you ever posted what curly hair products you use?

[@tessjune]

84 Charing Cross Road is a lovely book! You may also want to check the film with the some name, I watched after reading the book and I also liked it.

[@Роман-з7й2у]

Maybe, one day you’ll read some from Hermann Hesse. For example Siddhartha, Narcissus and Goldmund, The Glass Bead Game and others.

[@annacasablancascervantes4922]

Little Women is one of my all times favourites since I first read it when I was a child. But I know I'll never reread it again since I lost my little sister two years ago. I can't read about the joy of sisterhood anymore.

[@Moe8383]

@ Carolyn Did you know that The Bear and The Nightingale by Katherine Arden is a trilogy? Book1 The Bear and the Nightingale Book2 The Girl in the Tower Book3 The Winner of the Witch

[@CarolynMarieReads]

I did! I finished the second book in January (this month) and loved it 😊

[@tinagarcia3571]

My favorite authors are easier than my favorite books: Fredrik Backman, Alice Hoffman, Adrienne Young, Patricia Briggs, Cassandra Clare.

[@JJpersonalvlogs]

2024: 1. The Death of Ivan Ilyich 2. How Green Was My Valley 3. Snow Child 4. Count of Monte Cristo 5. Crime and Punishment 6. Beartown❤ 7. Anna Karenina 8. Jane Eyre 9. Frankenstein 10. Dune

[@jackiesliterarycorner]

I love The Count of Monte Cristo and Sense and Sensibility.

[@samuelmartin2608]

I just finished Anna Karenina! It's pretty dope!

[@CarolynMarieReads]

It is dope indeed!

[@mylenefrancois]

Your content is automatically dubbed/translated and I'm not sure how to turn that off. I'm watching from France but I want to watch/read in English 😉 The honorable mentions in your description were translated word for word 😅 My best books of the year also include The Count of Monte Cristo and Little Women. My nb 1 is Betty by Tiffany McDaniel. I bought The Bear and the Nightingale with high hopes after watching one of your videos, hope I won't be disappointed 😅

[@jamesduggan7200]

I don't know? Here in US I can click on one of the icons to drop down a CC menu.

[@BaileeWalsh]

I love Brambly Hedge!

[@rosycosyheart]

I was personally really uncomfortable with the way Sally Rooney wrote the Spice Scenes in Normal People... that keeps me from reading Intermezzo. Or is it different with this book?

[@michellemitchell5112]

Coffee and Carolyn 🎉

[@yohanagoncalves9687]

hey guys, do you have any other channel recommendations like carolyn's?

[@larrymarshall9454]

Are you aware that there is a movie version of 84 Crossing? It's great too.

[@Rolo_Bambino]

Hi Carol Have u ever checked out If We Were Villains :)

[@ryanfassi1099]

❤❤❤

[@tawnyachristensen7310]

LOTR #1!

[@Maryam.k.p.r]

Love from Iran😘🇮🇷

[@GraceAn3]

Anna Karenina❤❤❤

[@Anna.NAV.]

I really want to read Orbital. But it's so vexing I can't find this book in Russia.

[@PatrikOrjes]

I've been looking forward to this one. These videos are always a great time!

[@starlasell5698]

❤📚📚❤️

[@Elnora-i6e]

❤😊

[@arafadmia-b6f]

Nice

[@mateaap]

Where is my The Count of Monte Cristo crew? ❤️😎

[@melyibarra809]

😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍

[@CaroDestigo]

I wasn't expecting much but The Censored Guide to Wealth on Bovolorus really surprised me

[@chomudusha]

I read two books from Fredrik Backman in 2024 because of your recommendation. Honestly, I thought they were overly sentimental to the point of being cheap.😬🫤 They are funny and well-written, so they read really smoothly, that's true. Imho, a book doesn't have to be THAT sentimental to be deep and touching though.

[@ritas140]

Beartown is the most serious of his books. Not sentimental or funny but brilliant! My favourite of his books. Yet to read The Winners